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98-22868 RESO RESOLUTION NO. 98-22868 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) AND EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS (ESG) ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR FEDERAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998/99 AS FOLLOWS: NINETEEN (19) COBG SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS, TWO (2) CDBG INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS AND THREE (3) ESG SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS. WHEREAS, on July 1, 1998, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 98-22814 that approved the Five Year Consolidated Plan containing the One Year Action Plan for FY 1998/99 federal funds, which sets out the budget allocations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 24 and the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Program projects and activities to be undertaken by sub-recipients and City of Miami Beach Departments for FY 1998/99; and WHEREAS, the program year for these grants commences on October 1, 1998 and continues through September 30, 1999; and WHEREAS, the City has duly submitted the Five Year Consolidated Plan that contains the One Year Action Plan for federal funds FY 1998/99, including the budgets for the CDBG Program Year 24, ESG Program, and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and has identified $3,640,000 in available CDBG resources for Program Year 24, as follows: $2,756,000 entitlement funds; $200,000 reprogrammed funds from prior years; and $684,000 in anticipated program income for Program Year 24 programs; and WHEREAS, to implement the various projects and programs that were approved by both the Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) and the Mayor and City Commission, it is necessary to execute the attached Agreements for same; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission deem it to be in the best interest of the residents and citizens of the City to enter into these Agreements with various CDBG and ESG sub-recipient agencies, as prescribed in the One Year Action Plan for federal funds for FY 1998/99, as follows: CDBG-Funded Activities: 1. ASPIRA of Florida, Inc. Leadership Development/Outreach Program - $30,000 To provide one-on-one counseling and hold club meetings/group activities for approximately 105 "educationally at-risk" youth for drop-out prevention, youth gang intervention, and leadership development at Miami Beach High School, Nautilus Middle School, and the South Beach Club at the South Shore Community Center. 2. Barry University Academy for Better Communities Miami Beach Feeder Pattern (Biscayne, Nautilus Middle, Miami Beach Senior High) - $15,000 To provide group, individual, and family counseling to approximately 140 children and their families from Biscayne Elementary School, Nautilus Middle School and Miami Beach Senior High. 3. Boys & Girls Clubs Of Miami, Inc. Juvenile Program - $48,000 To provide a no-fee after-school program to approximately 350 youth ranging in ages from 5 to 15 at Fienberg/Fisher Elementary School and the Flamingo Park Teen Center. 4. City of Miami Beach (CMB)--Fire Department Fire Department - Fire Station #4 Rehabilitation - $221,200 To provide facility renovations, asbestos abatement, and handicapped accessibility. 5. CMB--Community/Economic Development Department Miami Beach Multi-family Housing Rehabilitation Program - $150,000 To provide decent, safe and sanitary housing through matching grants or other financial inducements to rehabilitate multi-unit buildings, upgrade the existing housing stock, and provide affordable housing opportunities. This program also receives $300,000 from the City's HOME allocation. 6. Community Council for the Jewish Elderly Miami Beach Senior CenterlWorking Together - $30,000 To provide adult day care to 21 unduplicated frail elderly clients, and housing relocation assistance to approximately 40 income-eligible senior adults over the age of60. 7. Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, Inc. (OGCMC) Mayfair Cafe - $40,000 Start-up costs for a tenant-operated cafe that will provide training jobs for formerly homeless and disabled persons and provide meals to tenants of housing on site. 8. FienberglFisher Community Education Center Child Care and Vocational Scholarships - $23,000 This funding will provide approximately 300 income- eligible Miami Beach residents with fee/tuition scholarships for vocational training, and will provide approximately 24 child-care scholarships for parents who are receiving vocational training. 9. Food For Life Network Home Delivered Meals for People with HIVIAIDS - $50,000 To provide meals to approximately 60 income-eligible homebound AIDS patients in Miami Beach, delivered weekly to the clients' homes. 10. Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence (HOPE), Inc. Fair Housing Education Program - $7,500 (plus $7,500 of HOME funds) To provide a Fair Housing Education Program which will include fair housing education and outreach workshops/seminars/presentations to housing providers and groups involved in housing and related issues. 11. Jewish Vocational Services Senior Meals on Wheels Program- $15,000 To partially fund two drivers to deliver 17,640 meals per month to approximately 900 homebound elderly participants residing in eligible Community Development target areas. 12. Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers (LHANC) Total funding is $103,500 Miami Beach Elderly Meals Program - $55,000 To provide hot meals to approximately 800 Miami Beach elderly clients at two congregate meal sites: 533 Collins Avenue and 8638 Harding Avenue. Rainbow Intergenerational Day Care - Miami Beach - $48,500 To provide preschool day care for approximately 25 subsidized income-eligible Miami Beach children with fee waivers/scholarships. Miami Beach senior citizens will be trained to be day care workers. 13. Log Cabin Enterprises, Inc. Log Cabin Plant Nursery - $87,850 To provide funding for a nursery business program that creates and/or retains jobs for approximately 51 developmentally disabled adults at a facility located at 8128 Collins Avenue. In addition, this activity will retain approximately $130,000 in anticipated program income. 14. Miami Beach Community Development Corporation (MBCDC) Total funding is $860,000 MBCDC - RAIN Emergency Assistance Program - $30,000 In partnership with RAIN Mothers of Fienberg/Fisher School, to provide emergency food, medical assistance, housing assistance and child care for 86 income eligible families. MBCDC - Preservation and Rehabilitation - $220,000 Grants for facade improvements and the rehabilitation of property owned by businesses and non-profit organizations, including particularly the Seymour Hotel to provide a community center, and first floor commercial space. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Acquisition - $80,000 To provide home ownership opportunities to approximately 21 eligible first-time homebuyers in Miami Beach. In addition, MBCDC will retain another $100,000 in program income for this previously-funded activity. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Disposition - $80,000 To provide home ownership opportunities to approximately 21 eligible first-time homebuyers in Miami Beach. In addition, MBCDC will retain another $100,000 in program income for this previously-funded activity. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Housing Counseling - $40,000 To provide housing counseling to a minimum of 40 participants in the HOME-funded homebuyer program. MBCDC - Multi-family Housing Program - $125,000 To provide operational funds to enable MBCDC to continue its rehabilitation and property management activities. MBCDC - South Beach Residential Neighborhood Public Space Improvements - $285,000 To provide street and public space improvements in the low and moderate income areas of South Beach. Project will include: landscaping, traffic and pedestrian improvement, bicycle pathways, and sidewalks, public spaces, and Flamingo Park improvements 15. Miami Beach Police Athletic League (PAL) PAL Juvenile Center - $25,000 To purchase fitness equipment for the newly renovated portion of the facility. The facility primarily serves youth from the Flamingo Community Development target area which is 73% low/moderate income. 16. Miami Beach Senior High School Operation Safety Net - $9,500 To provide temporary assistance to approximately 18 low and moderate income families whose children attend Miami Beach Senior High School. Provision of emergency vouchers for rent, utilities, or food. 17. North Beach Development Corporation (NBDC) Total Funding is $324,548 NBDC - North Beach Facade Renovation Program - $124,548 To provide direct grants to commercial property owners and businesses for eligible facade improvements, exterior renovations, and the correction of interior code violations in the northern Community Development target areas. NBDC - North Beach Streetscape - $200,000 To work with the CMB Public Works Department to prioritize needed street improvements, initiate and develop plans, and pay the costs of the first project. 18. South Beach AIDS Project South Beach AIDS Project - $15,000 Provide up-to-date HIV/AIDS information about HIV prevention, use of services, medical treatment and re-entering the work force. 19. South Florida Art Center, Inc. Operations and Management - $150,000 To provide affordable subsidized studio, teaching and showroom space to 100 income eligible artists, at 924 Lincoln Road. In addition, this activity will retain approximately $350,000 in anticipated program income. 20. Stanley C. Myers Community Health Center Total funding is $47,000 Pharmacy Program - $28,500 To provide prescription medications for 3,670 income-eligible patients using the facility located at 710 Alton Road. Children of the World School-Based Health - $18,500 Health care services to children at Fienberg/Fisher Elementary School. 21. UNIDAD of Miami Beach, Inc. Total funding $123,402 Miami Beach Hispanic Community CenterlCoral Rock House Rehabilitation - $110,402 To complete the final phase of renovation of the coral rock facility located at 1701 Normandy Drive for use as the Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center (MBHCC) which will provide social services to income eligible residents. Project Link -Information and Referral Service Program Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center - $13,000 To provide information and referral services, employment activities and bilingual assistance to approximately 2000 income eligible Miami Beach residents at the MBHCC. ESG Funded Activities: 1. BETTER WAY OF MIAMI, INC. Emergency Shelter and Intervention Services for Miami Beach Clients - $35,000 To provide transitional housing (shelter beds), nutritional services, transportation, clothing assistance, self-managed domestic and personal services for approximately 80 adult homeless men with alcohol and/or substance abuse addiction at the Better Way facility located at 800 NW 28th Street. 2. DGCMC Outreach and Placement Services for Miami Beach Clients - $55,600 To provide mobile outreach services (intake, assessment & referral) to at least 130 people in a three month period and place at least 25 homeless persons into housing (as available). 3. MBCDC RAIN Emergency FoodlMedicallHousinglChild Care - $12,000 To provide emergency housing assistance to Miami Beach families facing eviction. (collectively, the Agreements); and WHEREAS, the CDBG funds are conditional upon the approval for release of funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute nineteen (19) CDBG sub-recipient Agreements, two (2) CDBG interdepartmental cooperation Agreements and three (3) ESG sub-recipient Agreements necessary to implement the CDBG and (3) ESG activities which were approved as part of the One Year Action Plan for federal funds for fiscal year 1998/99. PASSED and ADOPTED this 9th day of September, 1998. 1f/IA MAYOR ATTEST: ~;, fw-~ CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION ~ Yt~/~ ITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139 tp:\\ci. miami-beach. fl. us ~ITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 55'A, -1 ~ TO: Mayor Neisen O. Kasdin and Members of the City Co mission DATE: September 9, 1998 FROM: Sergio Rodriguez City Manager SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) AND EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS (ESG) ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR FEDERAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998/99 AS FOLLOWS: NINETEEN (19) CDBG SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS, TWO (2) CDBG INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS AND THREE (3) ESG SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS. ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION Adopt the Resolution. BACKGROUND On July I, 1998, the City Commission adopted Resolution #98-22814 approving a Five Year Consolidated Plan which contains the One Year Action Plan for 1998/99 Federal Funds, including the FY 1998/99 budget allocations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 24 and the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Program projects and activities. The program year for these grants commences on October I, 1998, and continues through September 30, 1999. In order to implement the various projects and programs which were approved by both the Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) and the City Commission, it is necessary to prepare and execute contractual agreements for such. This is a standard administrative procedure to implement the CDBG and ESG activities approved by the City Commission On July I, 1998. AGENDA ITEM C1G 9'-~-ll DATE COMMISSION MEMORANDUM PAGE 2 ANALYSIS The City receives and executes the Fiscal Year 1998/99 "Grant AgreementlFunding Approval Form" from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the period covering October I, 1998 through September 30, 1999, and HUD then increases the City's "Letter of Credit" by the respective amounts. The City then presents sub-recipient agreements to the City Commission for approval which are contingent upon the receipt of these federal funds. CONCLUSION The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission approve the attached resolution and three (3) boiler-plate form agreements necessary to implement the nineteen (19) CDBG sub-recipient agreements, two (2) interdepartmental cooperation agreements and three (3) ESG sub-recipient agreements for the CDBG and ESG activities which were approved on July I, 1998, via resolution #98-22814 as part of the Five Year Consolidated Plan which contains the One Year Action Plan for Federal Funds for Fiscal Year 1998/99. It is essential that the resolution and the boiler-plate form agreements be approved at this Commission meeting to maintain the existing level of service and implement the new activities effective October 1, 1998. A synopsis of the CDBG and ESG contractual agreements is attached. It provides additional specific detail on each of the projects or activities that was approved by the City Commission on July 1, 1998. Copies of the CDBG and ESG Form Agreements are also attached. SRIH~\RM/JER/CSM Attachments F: \DDHP\$ALL \CHER YL \FORMS\CDBG\FY98-99\CDBG98.CMO SYNOPSIS OF SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENTS CDBG Funded Activities. Nineteen (19) Sub-recipient Agreements and Two (2) Interdepartmental Cooperation Agreements as follows: 1. ASPIRA of Florida, Inc. Leadership Development/Outreach Program - $30,000 To provide one-on-one counseling and hold club meetings/group activities for approximately 105 "educationally at-risk" youth for drop-out prevention, youth gang intervention, and leadership development at Miami Beach High School, Nautilus Middle School, and the South Beach Club at the South Shore Community Center. 2. Barry University Academy for Better Communities Miami Beach Feeder Pattern (Biscayne, Nautilus Middle, Miami Beach Senior High) - $15,000 To provide group, individual, and family counseling to approximately 140 children and their families from Biscayne Elementary School, Nautilus Middle School and Miami Beach Senior High. 3. Boys & Girls Clubs Of Miami, Inc. Juvenile Program - $48,000 To provide a no-fee after-school program to approximately 350 youth ranging in ages from 5 to 15 at Fienberg/Fisher Elementary School and the Flamingo Park Teen Center. 4. City of Miami Beach (CMB)--Fire Department Fire Department - Fire Station #4 Rehabilitation - $221,200 To provide facility renovations, asbestos abatement, and handicapped accessibility. 5. CMB--Community/Economic Development Department Miami Beach Multi-family Housing Rehabilitation Program - $150,000 To provide decent, safe and sanitary housing through matching grants or other financial inducements to rehabilitate multi-unit buildings, upgrade the existing housing stock, and provide affordable housing opportunities. This program also receives $300,000 from the City's HOME allocation. 6. Community Council for the Jewish Elderly Miami Beach Senior Center/Working Together - $30,000 To provide adult day care to 21 unduplicated frail elderly clients, and housing relocation assistance to approximately 40 income-eligible senior adults over the age of 60. 7. Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, Inc. (DGCMC) Mayfair Cafe - $40,000 Start-up costs for a tenant-operated cafe that will provide training jobs for formerly homeless and disabled persons and provide meals to tenants of housing on site. 8. Fienberg/Fisher Community Education Center Child Care and Vocational Scholarships - $23,000 This funding will provide approximately 300 income- eligible Miami Beach residents with Page 2 fee/tuition scholarships for vocational training, and will provide approximately 24 child-care scholarships for parents who are receiving vocational training. 9. Food For Life Network Home Delivered Meals for People with HIV/AIDS - $50,000 To provide meals to approximately 60 income-eligible homebound AIDS patients in Miami Beach, delivered weekly to the clients' homes. 10. Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence (HOPE), Inc. Fair Housing Education Program - $7,500 (plus $7,500 of HOME funds) To provide a Fair Housing Education Program which will include fair housing education and outreach workshops/seminars/presentations to housing providers and groups involved in housing and related issues. 11. Jewish Vocational Services Senior Meals on Wheels Program- $15,000 To partially fund two drivers to deliver 17,640 meals per month to approximately 900 homebound elderly participants residing in eligible Community Development target areas. 12. Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers (LHANC) Total funding is $103,500 Miami Beach Elderly Meals Program - $55,000 To provide hot meals to approximately 800 Miami Beach elderly clients at two congregate meal sites: 533 Collins Avenue and 8638 Harding Avenue. Rainbow Intergenerational Day Care - Miami Beach - $48,500 To provide preschool day care for approximately 25 subsidized income-eligible Miami Beach children with fee waivers/scholarships. Miami Beach senior citizens will be trained to be day care workers. 13. Log Cabin Enterprises, Inc. Log Cabin Plant Nursery - $87,850 To provide funding for a nursery business program that creates and/or retains jobs for approximately 51 developmentally disabled adults at a facility located at 8128 Collins A venue. In addition, this activity will retain approximately $130,000 in anticipated program lllcome. 14. Miami Beach Community Development Corporation (MBCDC) Total funding is $860,000 MBCDC - RAIN Emergency Assistance Program - $30,000 In partnership with RAIN Mothers of Fienberg/Fisher School, to provide emergency food, medical assistance, housing assistance and child care for 86 income eligible families. MBCDC - Preservation and Rehabilitation - $220,000 Grants for facade improvements and the rehabilitation of property owned by businesses and non-profit organizations, including particularly the Seymour Hotel to provide a community Page 3 center, and first floor commercial space. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Acquisition - $80,000 To provide home ownership opportunities to approximately 21 eligible first-time homebuyers in Miami Beach. In addition, MBCDC will retain another $100,000 in program income for this previously-funded activity. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Disposition - $80,000 To provide home ownership opportunities to approximately 21 eligible first-time homebuyers in Miami Beach. In addition, MBCDC will retain another $100,000 in program income for this previously-funded activity. MBCDC - Multi-family Housing Program - $125,000 To provide operational funds to enable MBCDC to continue its rehabilitation and property management activities. MBCDC - Home Ownership Program - Housing Counseling - $40,000 To provide housing counseling to a minimum of 40 participants in the HOME-funded home buyer program. MBCDC - South Beach Residential Neighborhood Public Space Improvements - $285,000 To provide street and public space improvements in the low and moderate income areas of South Beach. Project will include: landscaping, traffic and pedestrian improvement, bicycle pathways, and sidewalks, public spaces, and Flamingo Park improvements 15. Miami Beach Police Athletic League (PAL) PAL Juvenile Center - $25,000 ' To purchase fitness equipment for the newly renovated portion of the facility. The facility primarily serves youth from the Flamingo Community Development target area which is 73% low/moderate income. 16. Miami Beach Senior High School Operation Safety Net - $9,500 To provide temporary assistance to approximately 18 low and moderate income families whose children attend Miami Beach Senior High School. Provision of emergency vouchers for rent, utilities, or food. 17. North Beach Development Corporation (NBDC) Total Funding is $324,548 NBDC - North Beach Facade Renovation Program - $124,548 To provide direct grants to commercial property owners and businesses for eligible facade improvements, exterior renovations, and the correction of interior code violations in the northern Community Development target areas. Page 4 NBDC - North Beach Streetscape - $200,000 To work with the CMB Public Works Department to prioritize needed street improvements, initiate and develop plans, and pay the costs of the first project. 18. South Beach AIDS Project South Beach AIDS Project - $15,000 Provide up-to-date HIV / AIDS information about HIV prevention, use of services, medical treatment and re-entering the work force. 19. South Florida Art Center, Inc. Operations and Management - $150,000 To provide affordable subsidized studio, teaching and showroom space to 100 income eligible artists, at 924 Lincoln Road. In addition, this activity will retain approximately $350,000 in anticipated program income. 20. Stanley C. Myers Community Health Center Total funding is $47,000 Pharmacy Program - $28,500 To provide prescription medications for 3,670 income-eligible patients using the facility located at 710 Alton Road. Children of the World School-Based Health - $18,500 Health care services to children at Fienberg/Fisher Elementary School. 21. UNIDAD of Miami Beach, Inc. Total funding $123,402 Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center/Coral Rock House Rehabilitation -$110,402 To complete the final phase of renovation of the coral rock facility located at 170 I Normandy Drive for use as the Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center (MBHCC) which will provide social services to income eligible residents. Project Link - Information and Referral Service Program Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center - $13,000 To provide information and referral services, employment activities and bilingual assistance to approximately 2000 income eligible Miami Beach residents at the MBHCC. Page 5 ESG Funded Activities - Three (3) Sub-Recipients Agreement as follows: 1. BETTER WAY OF MIAMI, INC. Emergency Shelter and Intervention Services for Miami Beach Clients - $35,000 To provide transitional housing (shelter beds), nutritional services. transportation, clothing assistance, self-managed domestic and personal services for approximately 80 adult homeless men with alcohol and/or substance abuse addiction at the Better Way facility located at 800 NW 28th Street. 2. DGCMC Outreach and Placement Services for Miami Beach Clients - $55,600 To provide mobile outreach services (intake, assessment & referral) to at least 130 people in a three month period and place at least 25 homeless persons into housing (as available). 3. MBCDC RAIN Emergency Food/Medical/HousinglChild Care - $12,000 To provide emergency housing assistance to Miami Beach families facing eviction.